...actor was brought " The tragic scaffold to adprn, While round the armed bands Did clap their hloody hands. He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable...vindicate his helpless right, But bow'd his comely head Downe as upon a bed ! " There are two scarcely-known poets of this period, who, being equally zealous...

...Cromwell's return from Ireland ends ith an evident and a fine imitation of this ode : " He (Charles I.) nothing common did or mean, Upon that memorable scene,...vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right ; But bowM his comely head Down, as upon a bed." CARMEN XXXVIII. AD PUERUM. PERSICOS odi, puer, apparatus...

...chase To Carisbrook's narrow case, That thence the royal actor home, The tragic scaffold might adorn, While round the armed bands, Did clap their bloody...But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor called the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down,...

...green wounds with which the attenuated and crippled limbs of the martyrs were covered. CHAPTER XXVI. " While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody...But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor eall'd the gods with vulgar spight To vindicate his helpless right, But bow'd his comely head Down,...

...borne, The tragic scaffold might adorn, While round the armed bands, Did clap their bloody hands : lie nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene,...But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor called the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down,...

...To Carisbrook's narrow case, That thence the royal actor borne, The tragic scaffold might adorn, . While round the armed bands, Did clap their bloody hands : He nothing common did, or mcaiif Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor called the gods...

...morning of the 30th January, 1649. Of i his demeanour on the scaffold let Andrew Marvell speak : — While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody...axe's edge did try ; Nor call'd the gods with vulgar spight To vindicate his helpless right ! But bow'd bis comely head Down as upon a btd. Clarendon's...

...did not quote Andrew • ''.. i magnificent linei on Charles I. : — " While round the armed hands hnson has said, after axe'« edge did try ; Vor rall'd the Gods with vulgar spight To vindicate his helpings ri«ht, But...

...Milton, — telling how the royal actor was brought " The tragic scaffold to adorn, While round tho armSd bands Did clap their bloody hands. He nothing common...vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Downe as upon a bed !" There are two scarcely-known poets of this period, who,...

...chase To Carisbrook's narrow case ; That hence the royal actor borne, The tragic scaffold might adorn, While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody...But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try. Nor called the gods, with vulgar spile, To vindicate his helpless right ! Eut bowed his comely head, Down,...